[i] Ubi labōrat servus? │ Where does the slave work?
in hortō │ in the
garden
servus in hortō
labōrat
hortus >
in hortō
[ii] Ubi labōrat
agricola? │ Where does a farmer work?
in agrō │
in a field
agricola in agrō labōrat
ager >
in agrō
[iii] Ubi labōrat āctor? │ Where does an actor work?
in theātrō │
in a theatre
āctor in theātrō
labōrat
theātrum
> in theātrō
[iv] Ubi labōrat lanista?
│ Where does a gladiator trainer work?
in amphitheātrō│
in an amphitheatre
lanista in
amphitheātrō labōrat
amphitheātrum >
in amphitheātrō
[v] Ubi labōrat sacerdōs?
│ Where does a priest / priestess work?
in templō│ in a
temple
sacerdōs in templō
labōrat
templum > in
templō
[vi] Ubi labōrat medicus?
│ Where does a doctor work?
in valētūdināriō
│ in a hospital
medicus in
valētūdināriō labōrat
valētūdinārium
> in valētūdināriō
Notes:
[1] Nouns that end
in -us in this presentation, and nouns that end in -um are 2nd
declension. Although they have different nominative case forms, they are
grouped together because they are almost identical in the endings that they
use.
Again, the nouns
are put into the ablative case with the preposition in, but, this
time, the ending is different.
hortus [masculine]:
garden > in hortō: in the garden
templum
[neuter]: temple > in templō: in the temple
A noun that ends
in -er e.g. ager is also masculine 2nd declension; nouns of
this type take the same endings as any other 2nd declension noun
except that some of them lose /e/ before the ending is added:
ager >
in agrō
[2] lanista:
the owner, manager, and chief trainer of a gladiatorial school
lūdus
gladiātōrius: lanista in lūdō gladiātōriō labōrat
However, as shown
in the presentation, he would also accompany gladiators to the games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator#Schools_and_training
[3] valētūdinārium:
hospital; sickbay; very often refers to a military / field hospital
https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062:entry=valetudinarium-harpers
Video #1: Oliver
Reed in the role of Proximo, the lanista in the movie “Gladiator”, a chilling
episode
“I do not pay good
money for you for your company. I paid it so I could profit from your death.”
Image #1: The
remains of the lūdus gladiātōrius near the Colosseum, Rome
Image #2: The remains
of the valētūdinārium at Novae, Bulgaria
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